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11 When I was a child,
I used to talk like a child,
think like a child,
and reason like a child.
However, when I became a man,
I put all childish ways aside.
12 At the present time we see indistinctly, as in a mirror;
then we shall see face to face.
My knowledge is only partial now;
then I shall know fully,
even as I am fully known.
13 Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love,
and the greatest of these is love.[a]

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  1. 1 Corinthians 13:13 The greatest of these is love: this conclusion follows from the fact that God is love (1 Jn 4:8) and has communicated his love to us (1 Jn 4:10) and commands us to love one another (Jn 13:34f).

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood(A) behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;(B) then we shall see face to face.(C) Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.(D)

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.(E) But the greatest of these is love.(F)

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